Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 6,423 UK employment tribunal cases involving whistleblowing claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £4,492 (the largest £920,302) across 587 cases. Tribunals upheld 14% of the 2,763 decided whistleblowing claims. These cases name 6,113 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 2,388 | 54% |
| Struck out | 654 | 15% |
| Other | 516 | 12% |
| Withdrawn | 495 | 11% |
| Upheld | 375 | 8% |
| Settled | 8 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 87 | |
| 2018 | 186 | |
| 2019 | 829 | |
| 2020 | 1,116 | |
| 2021 | 745 | |
| 2022 | 736 | |
| 2023 | 769 | |
| 2024 | 716 | |
| 2025 | 775 | |
| 2026 | 464 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1401505/2015 | 28 May 2019 | M Shoukrey | BMI Healthcare | £920,302 |
| 2202063/2014 | 8 November 2019 | Mr M Epstein For | Government of the State of Qatar | £388,920 |
| 2203888/2020 | 11 March 2022 | Ms L Bone (Counsel) For the | — | £200,000 |
| 3200557/2016 | 31 May 2018 | Mr A Dogra | Acetrip Limited | £124,659 |
| 3301843/2020 | 19 January 2024 | Mr M Magee, Counsel For the | — | £122,654 |
| 6010549/2024 | 9 January 2026 | Andrew Palmer | Aqua Lane Limited | £122,426 |
| 2302047/2022 | 1 March 2023 | Mr I Turner | Tower Demolition (Holdings) Ltd1 (company number 07747685) | £121,602 |
| 2201552/2024 | 24 March 2025 | Mrs E Trobe | Nomad Health Technologies Ltd | £99,169 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Jurisdiction | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1310564/2020 | 13 April 2023 | Mr Donskoi | Hogan Lovells International LLP | England & Wales | £4,000 |
| 1600864/2022 | 12 April 2023 | Miss L Smolinski | ND Care & Support Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1402570/2021 | 12 April 2023 | Mr J McCormick | Wing's Technical Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2205909/2022 | 11 April 2023 | Neither present nor represented | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2408404/2021 | 11 April 2023 | Mr D Chow | NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (Amended from NHS Halton Clinical Commissioning Group) | England & Wales | — |
| 1300719/2021 | 11 April 2023 | Mr M Robinson | Charles Watts Engineering Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601104/2022 | 11 April 2023 | Mr. K. Taylor First | Mr. P. Roberts Second Respondent: Mr. R. Roberts Third Respondent: RBF Services (Wrexham) Ltd. | England & Wales | — |
Cases on this page are identified by first-pass extraction against the locked §4.4 claim-type taxonomy — a judgment enters the whistleblowing caseload if whistleblowingis tagged in its classification output. A single judgment frequently combines multiple claim types, so the same case may appear on more than one claim-type page. Per-claim outcomes come from the second-pass (LLM-assisted) extraction and are recorded for each claim a judgment decides; the success rate counts only claims a tribunal decided on the merits (upheld or dismissed). Award figures are taken from the remedy section of each judgment where present; cases without a quantified award — because the tribunal only determined liability, or because the remedy hearing is pending — are excluded from the compensation figures. Regional splits follow the tribunal's jurisdiction as recorded on gov.uk. Nothing on this page is legal advice or a prediction of any outcome; for any specific matter the gov.uk judgment PDF linked from each case page is the authoritative source.
| 15 | Transport for London | 8 |
| 16 | Lancashire County Council | 7 |
| 17 | Lidl Great Britain Limited | 7 |
| 18 | Limited (in Liquidation) | 7 |
| 19 | London Borough of Newham | 7 |
| 20 | Serco Limited | 7 |
| 3303357/2021 |
| 11 April 2023 |
| Mr Nikoloz Papashvili |
| Governing Body of A School & |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2200841/2023 | 10 April 2023 | — | The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce | England & Wales | — |
| 3200393/2023 | 10 April 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3311557/2022 | 8 April 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3300791/2022 | 8 April 2023 | Miss Saida Shah | A&A Enterprises London Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2405045/2022 | 6 April 2023 | Mr M Zmuda | Rayburn Trading Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3203819/2022 | 6 April 2023 | Miss M Kazi | Barts Health NHS Trust for Newham University Hospital | England & Wales | — |
| 2206185/2021 | 6 April 2023 | Ms N Tahri Hassani | Bank Of Africa United Kingdom plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2402041/2021 | 6 April 2023 | Mr J Whiteside | Unilever UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2204359/2021 | 5 April 2023 | Ms X Ju | The Collective (Living) Limited (In administration) | England & Wales | — |
| 2203748/2022 | 4 April 2023 | Mr A Abram | Killing Moon Group Limited (in creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | £3,660 |
| 1311098/2020 | 4 April 2023 | In Person For the | Mr K Crawford (Operations Director) Interpreter: Mr M Adam - Polish | England & Wales | — |
| 3315334/2020 | 4 April 2023 | Mr Lee Betchley, Counsel For the | Mr Philip Page, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 3300094/2022 | 4 April 2023 | Ms C Currell | Hertfordshire County Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1600153/2022 | 3 April 2023 | Ms S Mortimer | Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 4103804/2023 | 3 April 2023 | R McPherson and A K Smith Mr Neir Stirrat | Healthworx Hygiene Services Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 3311657/2021 | 3 April 2023 | Mrs N Jain (Free | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3310243/2022 | 3 April 2023 | In person For the | Mr Adam Ross, Solicitor | England & Wales | — |
| 1303369/2021 | 3 April 2023 | In Person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2304864/2020 | 31 March 2023 | — | Dr D Robertson and others (T/a Herne Hill Group Practice) and Ms M Izzo | England & Wales | — |
| 3307821/2020 | 31 March 2023 | Ms A R Yamjom | East London NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3302364/2021 | 31 March 2023 | Mr James Tapner | Autotech Reading Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2602915/2020 | 31 March 2023 | (1) Mr K Lalli (2) Mr M Sturgess | Asda Stores Limited FINAL HEARING | England & Wales | — |
| 1600269/2022 | 30 March 2023 | Mr Andrew Jones | [1] Excel Civil Enforcement Limited [2] High Court Enforcement Group | England & Wales | — |
| 2403920/2022 | 30 March 2023 | Mr G Bennett | Salford City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 8000053/2022 | 30 March 2023 | Ms T Nelson | The City of Edinburgh Council | Scotland | — |
| 1400758/2021 | 30 March 2023 | Deborah Harrigan | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1304676/2021 | 30 March 2023 | MRS JANET BENNETT | Orton Manor Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1806723/2021 | 29 March 2023 | MISS ELIZABETH HUNTER | Ark Home Healthcare Limited (in Liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 4102615/2022 | 28 March 2023 | : A Atkinson A Perriam Ms C Munday | Represented by: Ms G Williams Intobeige Ltd trading as Spynie Care Home | Scotland | — |
| 1402497/2022 | 28 March 2023 | Ms J Talbot | Par Market Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3321198/2021 | 28 March 2023 | Mr S Padmanabhan First | Second Respondent: Euro Garages Limited Greggs plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2407155/2022 | 28 March 2023 | P Kozubkiewicz | Wolseley UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401263/2021 | 28 March 2023 | Mrs A Zablocka, Litigation Friend For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1301341/2022 | 27 March 2023 | in person | Street Kitchen Brothers Ltd (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £26,728 |
| 2403418/2022 | 27 March 2023 | Mr C Armstrong | American Golf Trading Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3300338/2023 | 27 March 2023 | Mr E Elaigwu | Martine Fante t/a MF Healthcare | England & Wales | — |
| 1403783/2021 | 27 March 2023 | Mr Durkin | Cormac Solutions Limited | England & Wales | £25,000 |
| 1301818/2019 | 27 March 2023 | In Person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3309902/2022 | 26 March 2023 | Mr P Burch | British Airways plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3303315/2022 | 26 March 2023 | Mr Sundeep Sharm (in person) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3305365/2020 | 25 March 2023 | Mr S Dauvergne Mr K Dyte Mr P Coward | Metroline Travel Limited Arriva London North Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3305336/2021 | 25 March 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |